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The most common legal help service for Chapter 7 cases is provided by
form preparation companies. These companies produce stock form sets from
information provided by debtors. As a fill-in-the-blank service, form
companies save time for anyone who is unwilling to download free forms
and go through the process themselves.
Be ware, practicing law without a license is illegal, and form
preparation services that provide legal advice, without a valid law
license, are breaking the law. The line separating legal advice and form
assistance is easily muddled. Cases dealing with this problem are
resolved on a factual basis, depending upon the unique circumstances of
each case. The rational for preventing unauthorized law practice is
rooted in tradition, and the assumption that non-lawyers are not well
versed in legal requirements or the ethical duties which lawyers owe to
each client. In the end, poor quality advice, from any source, produces
poor results.
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